Adjustable clothes-line support.



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ADJ'U STABLE CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters 2mm.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912..

Application filed October 24, 1911. Serial No. 656,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JAY H. WOOLHISER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing-at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AdjustableClothes: Line Supports, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention has relation to an adjustable clothes line support. Theinconvenience of stretchingup and t-iptoeing to put clothing, or otherarticles of the kind, on a drying line, and the inconvenience oftiptoeing to take them off, is'well understood and has been a source ofinconvenience and annoy.- ance to many :housewives, as has also theinconvenience of having a wash line ,filled with clothes hung in thekitchen at a height which would necessitate stooping to pass under same.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable support forclothes lines, that may be easily, safely and quickly adjustedvertically, so as to admit of the easy hanging ofclothes or otherarticles on the line andthe raising of same to the ceiling, where itwill be out of the way and, at the same time, in position to have theadvantage of the heat which naturally rises to that point.

My invention-is primarily intended to be secured on the inside of aroom, but it may be secured to posts or other stationary verticalarrangements erected outside of a room.

With this object in view, my invention vertical, sectional view f-one ofthe brackets. Fig. t'is a top, plan view of one of the brackets.

In carrying outmy invention, I secure to the walls, posts or othervertical things, the two brackets a, immediately opposite each other,the legs of which are secured to said walls or other vertical things,while the arms extend outwardly from the-places of fastening and areperforated vertically. In the perforations of said brackets a, areloosely secured the upper ends of the stationary or guide rods (1, and,below said brackets 42, at proper distances, a're secured two otherbrackets 6. each have a perforation 11' and a recess b \Vhen I use themodified form, bracket 11 is fastened at a lower point and bracket bbelow bracket a, and I dispense with the stationary rod d.

My invention is also provided with two movable rods e, called travelingrods, the upper ends of which pass through the recesses b in thebrackets b, and then they turn down and their upper ends form the eyesg, for the wash line 7c, and then extend outwardly forming the eyes fwhich encircle the guide rods above the permanent stops c on each ofsaid movable rods, about half way their length, and, on their outerfaces is a small projection or rest 72/, so that, when the movable rodse are pushed up, said projections h reston bracket b and keep the washline in a half raised position. The weight of the wash line and theclothes thereon draws the eyes of the traveling rods inwardly. andthereby causes the said movable rods e to securely bind in the slot bthereby holding them in that position, and the projections h' then restfirmly above and on the Brackets b. On each of said movable rods e, ashort distance above the foot or hand-holc j and on the outer faces ofsaid rods e, is a small projection or rest These brackets b V 71. Aftereach of the movable rods e are in turn elevated to the half raisedposition as above described, they are each then again in turn pushed upto the full height, so that said projections k rest above and on bracket1), thus holding the wash line in a position close to the ceiling of theroom, or, if used outdoors, at the desired maximum height. When in thisposition, the movable rods e securely'bind in the slots b, therebyholding them in that position, and the projections h then rest firmlyabove and on the brackets b. -The said traveling rods e are eachprovided, at its lower end, with a foot or hand-hold j, by which thesame may be easily operated.

Although I have specifically described the novel features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of the several parts of myinvention, yet I do not confine myself to such specific construction,combination an arrangement of parts,-but reserve and may exercise theright to make such changes thereinas do not depart from the spirit of myinvention or the scope of. the appended claims.

- Having described my invention,'what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent, is:

A line support for quickly and convene iently raising,.loweringandsecurely hold-' ing the line in proper position for the hanging anddrying of clothes, consisting of two vertically perforated brackets,secured immediately opposite each other in an elevated position; twobrackets, perforated and slotted, secured at proper distances under saidbrackets and immediately opposite each other; guide rolds, securedvertically in said brackets; movable rods, each provided with a foot orhand-hold rests, the upper ends of said rods when lowered, resting intheslots of said brackets; the upper ends of said r movable rods eachbeing turned into an eye and then extended outwardly forming an eyewhich encircles the corresponding guide rod; and a clothes line, havingits ends secured in the said first named eyes, substantially as shownand described for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

i JAY H. WOOLHISER. Witnesses c GEORGE H. KINssBURY,

PHILIP FRANK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

- I Washington, D. G.

